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Dan Davis Author
15 Feb, 14:44
Reconstruction of a man from the Alakul culture (western Andronovo) of the late Bronze Age in the Southern Trans-Urals.
Author: D.C. Pozdnyakov
https://sapiensbio.ru/rekonstrukczii/avtor-pozdnyakov-d-v-rekonstrukcziya-licza-po-cherepu-muzhchiny-iz-pogr-1-skelet-2-kurgana-4-mogilnika-kulevchi-vi/
Author: D.C. Pozdnyakov
https://sapiensbio.ru/rekonstrukczii/avtor-pozdnyakov-d-v-rekonstrukcziya-licza-po-cherepu-muzhchiny-iz-pogr-1-skelet-2-kurgana-4-mogilnika-kulevchi-vi/
Dan Davis Author
15 Feb, 10:56
Another Valentine's Day themed bronze age rock art image for your enjoyment.
Dan Davis Author
12 Feb, 17:02
Looking everywhere for this map of the "bronzization" of Europe and found this old post of mine.
Britain started using bronze about 2200 BC. The Bell Beaker era had seen western Europe linked by common ancestry, culture, and probably language and would develop into sustained trade networks. You can see how technology and trade in tin would spread through these old links, even after the cultural "unity" had declined into regional differences.
Not all Europe's tin came from Cornwall and Brittany, there was more in central Europe and Iberia and other sources here and there like in central Italy. But tracking actual tin sources is really hard, harder than tracing origins of ancient copper and gold, and we don't really find any tin mines (probably all blown to bits by later extraction).
Britain started using bronze about 2200 BC. The Bell Beaker era had seen western Europe linked by common ancestry, culture, and probably language and would develop into sustained trade networks. You can see how technology and trade in tin would spread through these old links, even after the cultural "unity" had declined into regional differences.
Not all Europe's tin came from Cornwall and Brittany, there was more in central Europe and Iberia and other sources here and there like in central Italy. But tracking actual tin sources is really hard, harder than tracing origins of ancient copper and gold, and we don't really find any tin mines (probably all blown to bits by later extraction).
Dan Davis Author
12 Feb, 17:02
An anti-English commenter took issue with my statement that Britain transitioned to full tin-bronze much earlier than most of the rest of Europe.
But yes Britain did move from arsenical copper to tin bronze technology around 2150 BC - centuries earlier than other regions in Europe.
Of course Britain had one of the main sources of tin in Cornwall (black circles on the map), along with a centuries old tradition of copper mining expertise. So it was well placed to make this technological breakthrough.
But yes Britain did move from arsenical copper to tin bronze technology around 2150 BC - centuries earlier than other regions in Europe.
Of course Britain had one of the main sources of tin in Cornwall (black circles on the map), along with a centuries old tradition of copper mining expertise. So it was well placed to make this technological breakthrough.
Dan Davis Author
09 Feb, 18:53
"How much Western Hunter Gatherer ancestry do I have?"
There are so many ways to analyse an individual's genetic ancestry. It depends largely on what reference populations you compare it to, basically.
These are two analyses run on the same sample. Not only do the different reference populations result in different percentages of WHG, some of the other groups will also contain partial WHG ancestry.
EHG is already ANE + WHG
ENF is already Anatolian Farmer + WHG
Either way, surprisingly high WHG component in this sample from a modern Englishman.
There are so many ways to analyse an individual's genetic ancestry. It depends largely on what reference populations you compare it to, basically.
These are two analyses run on the same sample. Not only do the different reference populations result in different percentages of WHG, some of the other groups will also contain partial WHG ancestry.
EHG is already ANE + WHG
ENF is already Anatolian Farmer + WHG
Either way, surprisingly high WHG component in this sample from a modern Englishman.
Dan Davis Author
09 Feb, 18:46
Map of the samples locations of the two most common Steppe Eneolithic y haplogroup. This map was created by HurrianFan.
I2-L699 was found in the Sredny Stog culture but also in a Khvalynsk male. It was also found in the Cernavodฤ culture and in the Yamnaya. In Anatolia, I2-L699 was found in Hittite related samples. It was also found in Iron Age Swat Valley in Pakistan showing it survived in small amounts in later steppe groups such as Andronovo.
R1b-V1636 was the most common y haplogroup in steppe Eneolithic groups. It was related to but not ancestral to Yamnaya and Corded Ware R1b subclades. However it did show up in a Corded Ware related Single Grave culture male buried in Demark.
Supporters of the western route of Anatolian languages (through the Balkans from steppe) use I2-L699 as genetic support for the hypothesis. While supporters of an eastern route (from CLV groups migrating down through the Caucasus) may point to R1b-V1636 in eastern Anatolia.
Link to original post of the image.
I2-L699 was found in the Sredny Stog culture but also in a Khvalynsk male. It was also found in the Cernavodฤ culture and in the Yamnaya. In Anatolia, I2-L699 was found in Hittite related samples. It was also found in Iron Age Swat Valley in Pakistan showing it survived in small amounts in later steppe groups such as Andronovo.
R1b-V1636 was the most common y haplogroup in steppe Eneolithic groups. It was related to but not ancestral to Yamnaya and Corded Ware R1b subclades. However it did show up in a Corded Ware related Single Grave culture male buried in Demark.
Supporters of the western route of Anatolian languages (through the Balkans from steppe) use I2-L699 as genetic support for the hypothesis. While supporters of an eastern route (from CLV groups migrating down through the Caucasus) may point to R1b-V1636 in eastern Anatolia.
Link to original post of the image.
Dan Davis Author
05 Feb, 14:59
Kristiansen and Larsson consider these bird-boat-wagons from Dupljaja, Serbia dating to perhaps 1300 BC, to be representations of the Indo-European dawn goddess.
Chariots pulled through the sky by birds like swallows or swans were said to carry the sun god to Hyperborea for winter in Ancient Greek (and other IE) mythology.
Chariots pulled through the sky by birds like swallows or swans were said to carry the sun god to Hyperborea for winter in Ancient Greek (and other IE) mythology.
Dan Davis Author
31 Jan, 19:38
Delightful WHG reconstruction seen on Instagram.
Give the chap a follow to show your support.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9vdtQ3ObKh/?igsh=aGEyNW50c3g2YXdy
Give the chap a follow to show your support.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9vdtQ3ObKh/?igsh=aGEyNW50c3g2YXdy
Dan Davis Author
27 Jan, 14:11
I've mentioned these massive, Nordic Bronze Age ritual axes before a couple of times.
Usually there are a couple comments saying "Typical academics, saying everything is ritual. Obviously they were weapons!"
In fact, the axes are blunt. Now, blunt axes this size, especially with a curve like that to focus the force could still make excellent weapons for cracking skulls and breaking arms.
But they're not solid bronze! They actually had cores of CLAY, over which molten bronze was cunningly cast. The outer skin of bronze is rather thin.
Level 100 Bronze Casting skill.
Why did they do it that way? To save metal, presumably.
What did the axes mean to them? Wow, that's a great question, yeah ๐
Usually there are a couple comments saying "Typical academics, saying everything is ritual. Obviously they were weapons!"
In fact, the axes are blunt. Now, blunt axes this size, especially with a curve like that to focus the force could still make excellent weapons for cracking skulls and breaking arms.
But they're not solid bronze! They actually had cores of CLAY, over which molten bronze was cunningly cast. The outer skin of bronze is rather thin.
Level 100 Bronze Casting skill.
Why did they do it that way? To save metal, presumably.
What did the axes mean to them? Wow, that's a great question, yeah ๐
Dan Davis Author
04 Dec, 11:23
Nordic Bronze Age Sun Dancer Girl based on the clothes and artefacts from the burial of the Egtved Girl, 1370 BC by Joan Francesc Oliveras.
Dan Davis Author
04 Dec, 11:23
Another interesting find in the new paper preprint. Even though they struggled to find steppe related R1b in Anatolia, they did find two Hittite related samples with steppe associated I2-L699 which was the most common haplogroup of current published Sredny Stog males. This fits well with the possibility of proto-Anatolians stemming from a I2-L699 rich Sredny clan.
Dan Davis Author
29 Nov, 15:32
Intimidating fashion statement from this man of the Khvalynsk related Ekaterinovka site. These people were like Yamnaya but with higher levels of EHG.
Dan Davis Author
29 Nov, 11:47
You should listen to this if you haven't already, it's only 126 hours long.
Dan Davis Author
27 Nov, 13:09
I feel like I talk about prehistoric mining a bit too often. Making YouTube videos about it, posting online about it, cornering lone women at parties to explain the 15 step prehistoric process for converting ore into copper ingots, etc.
But there's been so many requests for a tin mining video I guess I'll have to do that now too. It's not that easy, however, as there's way less evidence for ancient tin mining that copper and gold. The tin mines haven't generally been found (probably as they've been blown up by later industrial mining), and it's really hard to trace tin sources using the techniques they use for copper and gold. But I guess that's kinda interesting in itself.
In the meantime I made an ancient mining playlist on YouTube. There's only three videos on it so far as they're exclusively about the subject but I mention it in loads of other videos, like the ones on the Unetice, Agaric, Vinca cultures etc. Maybe I should make a montage video or something too.
But the next few videos will be on other subjects instead. Some cool topics coming up, in my opinion. Currently making maps of East Asia.... ๐ค
But there's been so many requests for a tin mining video I guess I'll have to do that now too. It's not that easy, however, as there's way less evidence for ancient tin mining that copper and gold. The tin mines haven't generally been found (probably as they've been blown up by later industrial mining), and it's really hard to trace tin sources using the techniques they use for copper and gold. But I guess that's kinda interesting in itself.
In the meantime I made an ancient mining playlist on YouTube. There's only three videos on it so far as they're exclusively about the subject but I mention it in loads of other videos, like the ones on the Unetice, Agaric, Vinca cultures etc. Maybe I should make a montage video or something too.
But the next few videos will be on other subjects instead. Some cool topics coming up, in my opinion. Currently making maps of East Asia.... ๐ค
Dan Davis Author
20 Nov, 16:00
This is the story of what ancient mining experts have called โthe largest prehistoric copper mine in the worldโ; the incredible Mines of Kargaly.
At the farthest reaches of Europe, on the steppes, between the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea, almost four thousand years ago, massive mining works completely transformed the landscape, producing perhaps 150,000 tons of copper during the Bronze Age.
But what society was conducting operations of this scale out here on the steppe?
I hope you enjoy my new video. Please "like" and share it online, thank you.
At the farthest reaches of Europe, on the steppes, between the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea, almost four thousand years ago, massive mining works completely transformed the landscape, producing perhaps 150,000 tons of copper during the Bronze Age.
But what society was conducting operations of this scale out here on the steppe?
I hope you enjoy my new video. Please "like" and share it online, thank you.
Dan Davis Author
20 Nov, 13:33
New video will go live today. Keep an eye out for it in about 2.5hrs...
Dan Davis Author
19 Nov, 22:37
My brand new video is now live for Channel Members and Patreon Supporters.
I'm not sure how much longer I can keep up with this weekly release schedule but if I die from exhaustion then please know I died doing what I loved; sitting alone in my shed.
๐
I'm not sure how much longer I can keep up with this weekly release schedule but if I die from exhaustion then please know I died doing what I loved; sitting alone in my shed.
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Dan Davis Author
13 Nov, 16:03
NEW VIDEO NOW LIVE!
Is it possible Bronze Age Central Europe was using small metal bars and rings as money, four thousand years ago?
This was the time of the Middle Kingdom in Egypt, the Minoan era on Crete, and the Old Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. We perhaps wouldnโt think of Central Europe in this period as in any way comparable to these famous civilizations, and yet they developed sophisticated proto-state-level societies based on metal production and trade.
And they developed the first metal money in use in the world.
I hope you enjoy the video. As always your shares are enormously appreciated. Cheers!
Is it possible Bronze Age Central Europe was using small metal bars and rings as money, four thousand years ago?
This was the time of the Middle Kingdom in Egypt, the Minoan era on Crete, and the Old Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. We perhaps wouldnโt think of Central Europe in this period as in any way comparable to these famous civilizations, and yet they developed sophisticated proto-state-level societies based on metal production and trade.
And they developed the first metal money in use in the world.
I hope you enjoy the video. As always your shares are enormously appreciated. Cheers!
Dan Davis Author
11 Nov, 17:08
Oh my gosh, another new video already?
Yes it's true! But only for Channel Members and Patreon supporters.
Please support my work by signing up to get access right now. As my channel and viewership has continued to grow over the last few years, my Patreon support and YouTube support has remained static. Your small financial contribution of just a buck or two a week would make an enormous difference to how much content we can put out. We all have commitments of course but you can contribute, please do so. ๐
Hopefully the video will be out for everyone else later this week.
Thank you everyone for your support and I hope you enjoy the video!
Yes it's true! But only for Channel Members and Patreon supporters.
Please support my work by signing up to get access right now. As my channel and viewership has continued to grow over the last few years, my Patreon support and YouTube support has remained static. Your small financial contribution of just a buck or two a week would make an enormous difference to how much content we can put out. We all have commitments of course but you can contribute, please do so. ๐
Hopefully the video will be out for everyone else later this week.
Thank you everyone for your support and I hope you enjoy the video!
Dan Davis Author
09 Nov, 16:17
Two spectacularly attired lads of the Marind-Anim of southern New Guinea, taken in 1935.
You think about how little of this stuff would survive archeologically.
You think about how little of this stuff would survive archeologically.
Dan Davis Author
03 Nov, 13:02
NEW VIDEO NOW LIVE!
Is it possible that Northern Europeans were not only sailing ships in the bronze age but that some of these ships could be enormous vessels thirty metres or a hundred feet long?
Scholarly consensus is that the sail wasn't used in Scandinavia until the 7th or 8th centuries AD. But a new study has challenged this view. It presents evidence suggesting Nordic Bronze Age mariners were sailing ships complete with masts, rigging, and sails, by at least 1550 BC. Thatโs over three and half thousand years ago.
This is the story of impressive ships and epic voyages in the Nordic Bronze Age.
I hope you enjoy the video. I would really appreciate your "likes" and especially social media "shares". Thank you so much.
Is it possible that Northern Europeans were not only sailing ships in the bronze age but that some of these ships could be enormous vessels thirty metres or a hundred feet long?
Scholarly consensus is that the sail wasn't used in Scandinavia until the 7th or 8th centuries AD. But a new study has challenged this view. It presents evidence suggesting Nordic Bronze Age mariners were sailing ships complete with masts, rigging, and sails, by at least 1550 BC. Thatโs over three and half thousand years ago.
This is the story of impressive ships and epic voyages in the Nordic Bronze Age.
I hope you enjoy the video. I would really appreciate your "likes" and especially social media "shares". Thank you so much.
Dan Davis Author
03 Nov, 10:02
In a recent video I mentioned Nordic Bronze Age sailing ships, kind of in passing, and many people commented and messaged asking for more information.
Everyone thinks the sail wasn't used in Scandinavia until the 7th or 8th centuries AD and almost as soon as they got it they turned into crazy Vikings and invaded Britain.
So it seems really unlikely they had sails thousands of years earlier in the Bronze Age.
But some people think they did and that's an incredible claim.
So I made a video about it.
Publishing today, if all goes well.
Everyone thinks the sail wasn't used in Scandinavia until the 7th or 8th centuries AD and almost as soon as they got it they turned into crazy Vikings and invaded Britain.
So it seems really unlikely they had sails thousands of years earlier in the Bronze Age.
But some people think they did and that's an incredible claim.
So I made a video about it.
Publishing today, if all goes well.
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